Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-30

aud ib" t"ine had $" roornly lett with
out ran~" ro~a up be1nrr ri- Hnl rnus,t
me more hitler anguish than IL seemed
could endure. Ny companions, har,Iene,
by desperate life ana perhaps by fOrmc
hair breadi h escapes, ConVerSed in Nhis
perS for some Time. and seemed 10 take i
very Coolly After some time the leade
said:
Young fcIler. reckon We got I" dane
on air long with us.
Whether replied or not | do not re
memher. but he continues:
I'm mighty sorry We got We into il. bu
We bowed we'd get way all right f.
they swing ye Ies keep up and show ye
>Iud They say we're II huss thief. act :
ii We wa> one. \ teller cant die bu
once. and with this philosophical retiec
tiou he rolled himself in his blanket. an,
he and his companion We're soon fas
asleep.
| tossed and rolled in the corner nm
able to sleep, and. might almost >ay
unable 10 keep awake felt daZed ant
stupid
Ii must have been , O. clock when | wa.
startled lay the door opening and one O;
the guards stepping in. He came over t,
my corner and told me tn come out
did 81, and aS ! stepped through the doc,
| saw y man on horseback and another
horse >addled and hridled
There's Nonr hos-. said the man u.
he leaned down from the saddle, and
recognized his Voice ~ that Of Hawkins
''Get on, an III show You out o this -
Al first | could hardly comprehend him
The prospect of deliverance-and that by
the judge who sentenced me-fairly over.
powered me. He warned me to be- quick
and scrambled on my pony and rod.
away by Hawkins side. none Of the
guards offering any resistance.
We rode for some distance in silence
Then Hawkins said:
There's loose hoard in the floor, an'
they'll! think We got ont there. can't &c
with you very far. hut reckon We can get
away. Keep north o Yankton. an don't
show yerself 10 anybody ef We can help it.
skip down into Iowa, an then 20 home
sn' stay there -
right-ihis Is no country fer
wen Ie did me little favor pickin' up
them ships on the boat that time an I'm
willin' TO do a. much fer ye''
why, Hawkins, | cant tell You how
was Ho liNbT
did on the boat-nothing at all. and thi.
saving my life-luok al the difference"
''oh. that's all right-no difference al
ALLIES what We both had a chance 20 do,
an neither uf Us couldn't do no more.
Don't say no more bout that knew We
didn't steal them hosses an didn't wan,
to see We hang fer it
But how did you know l didn't have
Ia. a -
why, cuss IT, We see stole the hosses
myself
"IOu.''
Yes, me an some other fellers. We
cached them up on Chouteau creek an
these Nebraska fellers tried TO run EN- off.
reckon the moral health o. the commu.
hity demands that they swing"
But WAS that crowd horse-that is
we're they all your friends
'Oh, no, some Of 'em were farmers.
fe See I'm cheer:man of the Anti
Horse Thief society, and all my gang are
prominent members We have to have in
some o the farmers an other people 10
lend respectability 10 the society, We know,
but I'm elected cheerman every time, an
We generally put the outsiders in As vice
presidents or something find NV posi-
ton mighty handy i'll my profession.
Well, l can't go any further with We.
hurry long an I reckon you'll be all
right, though the vice presidents will be
lookin' fer We i'll the mornin an We may
hev TO hunt easy like ourselves. Go back
home an stay therer'
He turned and rode back in the gray
dawn of morning. went on rs fast as
possible and got safely out of the country.
l went home and appreciated it. and when
| struck the territory again five years
after can truly say that it was with re-
sret that learned that Buck Hawkins
had been treacherously shot and killed by
member of his own gang, who WAS also
treasurer of the Antl-ilorse Thief associa-
ton Dakota B.ll